Theology and Sanity
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Dogmatic Theology
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Publication Year
1953
Publisher
Sheed & Ward, United States
Pages
407
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Description
Sanity means living mentally in the real world. But some of the most important elements of reality cannot be known save through Theology. This book contains as much Theology as one must know in order to be at home and aware in the real world.
The first section treats of God - God as the human mind might discover Him for itself, and as He has revealed Himself to us. An effort is made to help the beginner to see the God of philosophy and the Blessed Trinity as one God.
The second section treats of the Universe God made - in particular the human race and what has happened to it. The story moves from the beginning to the goal, from Creation to the Reign of God that follows the Last Judgment, by way of the Incarnation and Redemption.
The third section considers more particularly what the life of man must be, given that reality is as we have seen. Here in particular an effort is made to show the intense practicality of the dogmas of Theology and the certain catastrophe that waits upon their neglect.
F. J. Sheed is an Australian of Irish descent. He was graduated from Sydney University in Arts and Law.
On coming to England, however, he decided not to practice law, but instead founded a Catholic publishing house which aims at presenting Catholicism positively and at being a medium of expression for the whole Catholic world. In 1926, with his wife, Maisie Ward, he established the London house of Sheed & Ward. The American office was opened in 1933.
Mr. Sheed has translated some dozen works, including The Confessions of St. Augustine, and the Collected Letters of St. Therese of Lisieux, and has written several books of his own - A Map of Life, Comunism and Man, Nullity of Marriage, and Sidelights on the Catholic Revival.
In addition to his writings and publishing activities, Mr. Sheed has for over twenty-five years been a speaker of the Westminster Catholic Evidence Guild. He was for long in charge of training Guild speakers in London, and has addressed in all well over 3000 street-corner and indoor meetings in England and America.
Taken from the inside flaps.
The first section treats of God - God as the human mind might discover Him for itself, and as He has revealed Himself to us. An effort is made to help the beginner to see the God of philosophy and the Blessed Trinity as one God.
The second section treats of the Universe God made - in particular the human race and what has happened to it. The story moves from the beginning to the goal, from Creation to the Reign of God that follows the Last Judgment, by way of the Incarnation and Redemption.
The third section considers more particularly what the life of man must be, given that reality is as we have seen. Here in particular an effort is made to show the intense practicality of the dogmas of Theology and the certain catastrophe that waits upon their neglect.
F. J. Sheed is an Australian of Irish descent. He was graduated from Sydney University in Arts and Law.
On coming to England, however, he decided not to practice law, but instead founded a Catholic publishing house which aims at presenting Catholicism positively and at being a medium of expression for the whole Catholic world. In 1926, with his wife, Maisie Ward, he established the London house of Sheed & Ward. The American office was opened in 1933.
Mr. Sheed has translated some dozen works, including The Confessions of St. Augustine, and the Collected Letters of St. Therese of Lisieux, and has written several books of his own - A Map of Life, Comunism and Man, Nullity of Marriage, and Sidelights on the Catholic Revival.
In addition to his writings and publishing activities, Mr. Sheed has for over twenty-five years been a speaker of the Westminster Catholic Evidence Guild. He was for long in charge of training Guild speakers in London, and has addressed in all well over 3000 street-corner and indoor meetings in England and America.
Taken from the inside flaps.
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